Laurie Forster, The Wine Coach, and a co-author in the Women on Fire book and me in Washington, DC.
You found me in Washington, DC.
I am here to launch the first-ever (in DC) Women on Fire Tea Party tomorrow at the Willard Hotel, right around the corner from a certain big white Where I am camped out (or rather luxuriating) is a few blocks away — at the French-inspired Sofitel. Rob and I always stay here when in DC. If I were to marry a hotel, it would be The Sofitel! I have never been let down; it has always been for the better; and all visits here have resulted in living happily ever after (for the most part!). I’m also richer than poorer because The Sofitel is often reasonably priced as it was this visit ($225 per day) for impeccable accommodations.
I say I’m not a foodie, because, well, food actually kind of bores me. But not so if the food has anything to do with France!
So far today, there’s been coffee, a chocolate croissant, homemade granola, a mini-yogurt smoothie and caesar salad. I’ve always wondered why food in France, the exact food we have here, tastes so much better there? Being at the Sofitel is like stepping into France!
Take my dinner tonight, for instance. Oh, how I wish you could have a bite of this.
It is a chicken and mushroom crepe with a glass of Trimbach Riesling, which I knew would be a perfect pairing. (Thanks to Woman on Fire Laurie Forster, the Wine Coach, who has me trained!)
For one brief shining moment here in Washington, DC, I am a foodie caught up in the possibility that I could be one of those French women who savors every single delicious morsel of her meals— and never gains an ounce!
